Marsha Kellam, Division of Child ProtectionMarsha Kellam, Queens Borough Commissioner of the Division of Child Protection, was awarded the Sloan Public Service Award, which is considered the “Nobel Prize of city government.” Kellam was hono...

Lynne R. Roth, Senior VP for Development/CUMCFor Kew Gardens native Lynne R. Roth, recently named as senior vice president for development at Columbia University Medical Center, her first day on July 1 will be a homecoming of sorts. Roth bega...

Michael Liu, Flushing Town HallA mere few hours into his new position as Manager of Chinese Community Initiatives at Flushing Town Hall, which he assumed last Friday, Michael Liu says he already had a host of things on his plate...

Jenny Undercofler, Founder/Face the MusicNew York City student musician group Face the Music, along with the world famous San Francisco-based string quartet Kronos, are coming to Forest Hills next week when they kick off the fourth annual...

Dev Bondarin, Artistic Director/APACFor Dev Bondarin, artistic director for the Astoria Performing Arts Center, the opening of the Stephen Sondheim musical Merrily We Roll Along at the center this Thursday under her direction is a dr...

Dan Miner, Transition NYCWhile some of the country’s greatest minds and most tenacious politicians have toiled for years trying to curb climate change, a group of environmental activists are now looking across the pond, at...

Thomas Rudzewick, Maspeth Federal SavingsExecutive vice president of Maspeth Federal Savings, Thomas Rudzewick, was one of more than 1,000 banking professionals who met with members of Congress last month to discuss banking regulatory cha...

Alejando Aguilar, Interior DesignerAlejandro Aguilar, the celebrated interior designer of small apartments, faced a challenge rarely encountered in New York City when he moved from the Lower East Side to a Williamsburg one bedroom t...

Dong-hyun Kim, Queensboro SymphonyFlushing will soon be home to its very own orchestra, with the Queensboro Symphony Orchestra slated to perform their debut concert on March 22 at Mary’s Nativity Church. The orchestra is the brainc...

Aris Johnson, Touro Graduate StudentAris Johnson was among a group of students from Touro College Graduate School of Social Work who lobbied for the Dream Act in Albany on March 10. The 52-year-old Jamaica resident and mother of thre...

Marisa Wu, The Salty RoadFew things embody the Brooklyn culinary landscape better than the elevated lowbrow dessert. One would be hard-pressed to walk a Williamsburg or Greenpoint block without being lured by a fancy dough...

Stephen Sirgiovanni, Former Kiwanis Lt. Gov.At a Kiwanis meeting earlier this month, the Howard Beach Club honored former Queens West Division Lieutenant Governor Stephen Sirgiovanni. But instead of accepting the night as a celebration of hi...

Bridget Livingston, FREE Jazz Ensemble DirectorWhen Bridget Livingston retired from touring around the country and the world as a singer and performer and returned to her native home of Long Island, she knew she wanted to share her passion with...

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama inmate coughed repeatedly and his upper body heaved for at least 13 minutes during an execution using a drug that has previously been used in problematic lethal injections in at least three other states.